CLIFTON — He told one waitress she "would never see the light of day" if she talked about the alleged sexual harassment that went on for nearly a decade inside the Tick Tock Diner.

He told another he would "spend all his money to make sure she is buried alive" if the woman told police about the time he grabbed her hand and placed it on his genitals.

Georgios Spyropoulos was arrested earlier this week after police foiled an alleged plot to have the owner of the famed Tick Tock diner tortured and killed, but according to police reports obtained today by The Star-Ledger, that wasn’t the first time he contemplated ending a life.

Two waitresses, whose identities are being withheld for safety reasons, filed sexual harassment complaints with the Clifton Police Department last August, claiming Spyropoulos threatened to kill them if they told anyone about allegations he groped them and made lewd comments to them when they worked at the famous New Jersey eatery.

Georgios Spyropoulos, manager of the Tick Tock diner in Clifton, who alllegedly plotted to have the eatery's owner tortured, robbed and killed, also threatened to kill two waitresses last year, according to police reports obtained by The Star-Ledger.N.J. Attorney General's Office

Criminal complaints were never signed, and Spyropoulos was never arrested, according to Sgt. Robert Bracken, a Clifton police spokesman.

"No charges were ever filed against George as a result of it, so I presume that the Clifton Police did an appropriate investigation and decided that there was no basis for anything to move further," said Matthew Cavalliere, the attorney representing Spyropoulos.

A third report was also filed with Garfield Police in August, according to an additional document obtained by the newspaper. This one was filed by a woman who claimed she quit her job because of alleged harassment by Spyropoulos.

While patrons at the diner and friends remembered Spyropoulos as a gentle family man, the investigation by Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa is bringing forth allegations that contain as very different view of the diner manager, that of a "cold-blooded" killer who gave $20,000 to a supposed hitman to kill 57-year-old diner owner Alexandros Sgourdos.

Spyropoulos’ plan was doomed from the start. The man he asked to hire an assassin was an informant for the N.J. State Police, and the hitman was an undercover detective, Chiesa said.

Spyropoulos will appear in court this morning. He remains at the Passaic County jail in lieu of $1 million cash. He has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and weapons offenses.

Police say Spyropoulos was motivated by greed, and wanted the hitman to torture Sgourdos until he surrendered the combination to a safe that contained a large sum of cash. He then told the detective to make Sgourdos’ body disappear, and to kill his wife if she saw anything.

HARASSMENT

According to the waitresses’ complaints, Spyropoulos repeatedly made lewd comments about the women’s breasts, and touched the other waitress’ buttocks several times.

"I have dreams about what color underwear you are wearing," he told the other waitress.

Joseph Pojanowski, an attorney representing the diner and Sgourdos, said he had no knowledge of the complaints. While Sgourdos declined to comment, Pojanowski said the family was crushed when investigators told them Tuesday of the alleged plot.

"It’s a very tight-knit family. They were all in the business together. They celebrate holidays together, so this is a shock to everybody," he said.

Pojanowski said Spyropoulos married the daughter of Sgourdos’ sister-in-law, so they are not related as police said Wednesday. Spyropoulos referred to Sgourdos as "Uncle Alex."

The attorney said he was also confused about parts of Syropoulos’ alleged plan. The safe that police say Spyropoulos was obsessed with does not exist, according to Pojanowski.

"I have no idea where George got that," he said.

As far as Pojanowski knew, the two men did not have any protracted arguments in recent months. But he didn’t describe the relationship as warm or friendly either.

"I don’t know if they had a personal relationship … do they go out to ball games or anything like that?" he said. "I doubt it."